Harness-saddle.



PATENTED NOV. 14, 1905.

. P. WBSBNMEYER. HARNESS SADDLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 7,1905.

CHARLES F. WIESENMEYER, OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. HARNESS-SADDLE..

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14, 1905.

Application iiled March '7, 1905. Serial No. 248,931.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. WIESEN- MEYER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Springfield, in the county of Sangamon and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHarness-Saddles; and I do hereby declare the following to be such afull, clear, and exact description of the same as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use my saidinvention.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inharness-saddles, and has for its purpose to provide a harness-saddlehaving a springy arch and having movable yielding pads which may bemoved to adjust the saddle to the back of, the animal on which it isused, so as to avoid undue pressure or rubbing o n any part of the back.

With these ends in view my invention consists in the novel features ofconstruction and combinations of parts shown in the annexed drawings, towhich reference is hereby made, and hereinafter particularly describedand finally recited in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar reference-figures designatelike parts in the several views, Figure 1 is an elevation of thecomplete harness-saddle. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective View of oneof the pads detached, and Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section on theline 3 3 of Fig. l.

The arch of the saddle consists of a steel band 1, covered with leather2 and having a checkrein-hook 3 secured to the band. On the under sideof the arch are two movable pads, the pads having upper parts 5,intermediate parts 6, and lower parts 7, substantially as shown. Theparts 5 havea series of holes 10 in line with each other. The parts 5and 6 areof heavy leather and are separated by a space 9, in which thenuts 12 slide, as hereinafter explained. The part 7 is of soft leather,such as will not chafe the back of the animal. The space between theparts 6 and 7 is iilled with a pad of yielding material, such as hair.The parts 5, 6, and 7 are lall securely sewed together.

The turrets: and the screws 11 pass through holes 13 in the arch. Nuts12 fit on the screws 1l and on the screw-threaded parts of the turrets4, and the nuts are slidable in the channel 9.

The pads may be adjusted longitudinally relative to the arch byunscrewing the screws 11 and the turrets 4 and then sliding the padsinto the desired position and then placing the nuts in registry with thecorresponding holes and again scl'ewing'tlie screws and the turrets intothe nuts. Holes 10 in the pads are so situated as to permit adjustmentof the pads in any desired position. The arch being springy causesuniform pressure along' the entire length of the pad and also yields toprevent undue pressure on the back of the animal.

By moving the pads toward the center of the arch the saddle may befitted to a narrow back, and by moving them away from the center of thearch it may be lit-ted to a broader back. It will be seen then that thesaddle is adapted for use on animals having either narrow or broad backsand in either case will fit the back closely, so that the saddle willnot slip nor rub the animals back, and the yielding pad readily conformsto the back of the animal.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-4 1. A harness-saddle comprising' ayielding arch having holes, screws and turrets fitting in the holes ofsaid arch, pads each having a series of holes and an internal channel orway, and nuts slidable in the channels of the pad and fitting on thescrews and on the screw threaded parts of the turrets.

2. A pad consisting' of an upper part of hard leather having a series ofholes; an intermediate part of hard leather connected to form a waybetween said upper part and intermediate part, a lower part connectedwith said upper and intermediate parts and a filling of yielding'material between said lower part and intermediate part; in combinationwith an arch having holes, screws and turrets fitting in the holes insaid arch, and nuts slidable in the way of said pad and itting on saidscrews and the screw-threaded parts of said turrets.

In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, at Springfield,Illinois, this 8th day of February, 190

CHARLES F. WIESENMEYER.

Witnesses:

LYMAN L. BROWNE, MARGARET MCDONALD.

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